Lindley,
John (1799 - 1865)

Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, on 5 February 1799, and died
in Turnham Green, Middlesex, England, on 1 November 1865.

Assistant librarian to Banks; Assistant
Secretary to the Royal Horticultural Society (1822); first Professor of
Botany at the University of London (1829-1860); lecturer in botany
to the Apothecaries' Company (1836); later Professor of Botany at Cambridge
University. It was on his Report to Treasury and Parliament that the Royal
Garden at Kew was saved from destruction in 1838. One of Britain's foremost
botanists, his particular connections with Australia included his descriptions
of the plants of Mitchell's expeditions
(1838) and an Appendix to the Botanical Register (1839) describing
plants (mainly those of Drummond and
Molloy) of the Swan River Colony, Western
Australia. He was also instrumental in the appointment of Charles
Moore as Director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, New South Wales. His
main herbarium (including collections sent from Australia) is in CGE, with
some duplicates in BM and K (all orchids at K).

Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic
Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed.,
ABRS. [consult for source references]